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Green IT
Big players are stepping up in their efforts to go green, and that includes IT.

According to Tom Kelly, managing director of IBM business partner Logicalis, one of the big culprits is that old bugbear, storage: “There is currently a 44 per cent year on year growth in the amount of storage purchased in the UK, yet much of the time most of the capacity remains unused but still consuming power.”

And while taking a position on the environment is often dismissed as a PR exercise, Logicalis is practising what it’s preaching, inviting climate change experts Global Action Plan to join them at their stall at this year’s Storage Expo 2006. Visitors will be invited to pedal the Global Action Plan Energy Bike to see how much effort it takes to produce the energy just to power a laptop. The company’s also offering independent environmental training to clients.

What’s your business doing to make a difference?

Posted: 18/10/2006 Comments: 0
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